Butter-jar



H. E. HINMAN.

BUTTER' JAR.

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UNITED STATES PATENT (DEEICE.

HABLAN E. HINMAN, or RAVENNA, oHIo.

BUTTER-JAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,062, dated April12, 1887.

i l Application filed March 5, 1887. Serial No. 229,794. (No model.) Y

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARLAN E. HINMAN, of Ravenna, in the county ofPortage and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Butter-Jar,of which the'following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to jars or packages intended more especially forpacking butter for storage or shipment or While being used; and theinvention has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, andefcient device of this character.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction andcombinations of parts u of the butter j ar or package, all ashereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorrespondingparts in all the figures.

Figure I is a side elevation of my improved butter-jar. Fig. 2 isacentral vertical sectional elevation of the jar, and Fig. 3 is a planview thereof.

lThe butter-jarl consists, mainly, of a cylinder or tube, A, made,preferably, of glass, and preferably straight and smooth from end to endat the inside, and two end caps or covers, B C, which are fitted totheoutside of the tube A, and are adapted to press on packings D D, placedat the ends` of the tube, to make airtightjoints.

An outer clampframe, consisting of bottom and top cross-pieces, E F, andside pieces, G G, is made to receive the cylinder with its caps on it,and in the top cross-piece, F, there is fitted a screw, H, which may bescrewed down hard upon the cap B, to press together both end caps, B C,and draw their packings D D tightly to the ends of the tube A, as willbe understood from Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.

The clamp-frame may be made of any materials having requisite strengthVfor the purpose. I showA the top and bottom pieces, E F, made of Woodand the side pieces, G G, made of a metal strap in one piece, bent underthe bottom strip and fastened at its extremities 'g g to the top piece,F.

Within the tube A one or two plungers, I, are placed, two being shown,and the inner faces of these plungers, next the butter J between them inthe tube, may be cut or formed with any desired designs, either sunkenor in relief, to imprint the butter as or before it is removed for use.

It is obvious that when the screw H is loosened and the tube A isremoved from the clamp-frame, and both end caps, B C, are re moved fromthe tube a wooden pin may be ypressed against either of the plungers toforce the butter from the opposite end of the tube in any quantityrequired for use, and the butter projecting from the tube will havesmooth true sides, and may be cut off easily byaknife passed closely tothe end of the tube. Butter not used may also be very quickly replacedin the tube.

The tubes A may be made either round, square, or polygonal incross-section, and of any desired size to hold a given quantity ofbutter-one, two, three, or ve pounds, or moreand thus obviate thenecessity of weighing the butter in selling it, and the names of theproducers of the butter may be stamped or blown or otherwise marked onthe tubes for the convenience of buyers preferring butter made by anyparticular dairyman. Furthermore, the jar not only makes a convenientpackage to handle, but allows the butter to bc cooled by putting the jarin cold water or on ice; and, finally, the butter may be preserved freshand sweet in the jars for a long time without becoming tainted bydeleterious gases or other air impurities, as when packed in open orporous vessels, it being the intention to make the tubes of glass,through which the color or quality of the butter may be seen but anyother suitable material may be used for making the tubes.

The herein-described jar or package may be used for putting up otherproduce besides butter, as will readily be understood.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A butter jar or package comprising a tubeopen at both ends, caps or covers fitted to each end of the tube, and aclamp-frame adapted to press the covers to the ends ofthe tubes,substantially as shown and described.

end of the tube, packings interposed between the ends of the tube andthe caps, and a clampframe adapted to press the opposite packings andcovers to the ends'of the tube, substantielly as shown and described.

3. A butter jar or package comprising a. tube open at both ends andstraight and smooth at the inside for its Whole length, a plunger orplungers fitted therein, caps or covers fitted to opposite ends of thetube, and a clamp-frame adapted to press the caps or packings therein tothe ends of the tube, substantially es shown and described.

4. The combination, in a. butter jar or puckage, of a tube, A, caps orcovers B C, tted to I 5 E F, side pieces, Gr G, and a clamp-screw, H, 2o

substantially as shown and described.

HABLAN E. IIIhTtIAN.Y NVitnesses:

JAs. W. HOLAWAV, HARRY LBEATTY.

